Add Bookmark | Recommend this book | Back to the book page | My bookshelf | Mobile Reading

Free Web Novel,Novel online - All in oicq.net -> Historic -> chinese fourth empire

Text Chapter 1190 Dilemma

Previous page        Return to Catalog        Next page

    "Fire! Destroy the British-Indian coastal defense batteries!" In the 'Northern Xinjiang' battleship, Major General Lei Hua, commander of the Chinese Navy's fire support ship squadron, issued the order to open fire.  'Bei Xinjiang,' the 13 5mm main guns on the battleship "Bei Xinjiang" fired at the same time. Amidst the fierce bombardment, clusters of orange-red flames shone at the huge muzzle. The powerful recoil directly caused the hull to move out on the sea.  Almost one meter.  1 A large-caliber armor-piercing projectile weighing more than 300 kilograms pierced the air and flew towards the British-Indian coastal defense battery with a sharp whistling sound.

    "Boom! Boom! Boom!" A dense explosion sounded from the British-Indian army's coastal defense fort, and clusters of orange-red fireballs rose into the sky from the fort.  For a moment, the sky on the fort collapsed and the earth shattered, and rubble flew everywhere.

    Under the action of huge kinetic energy, armor-piercing projectiles weighing more than 300 kilograms can easily penetrate nearly two meters of reinforced concrete soil.  The coastal defense forts built by the British on Sagar Island were all old-fashioned forts built more than ten years ago. They could not withstand such fierce artillery fire.

    After the battleship "Northern Xinjiang" opened fire, the other eight battleships also opened fire one after another.  For a time, the British and Indian army's coastal defense batteries were completely shrouded in gunpowder smoke.  The forts one after another were blown up, and the coastal defense guns inside were blown to pieces.

    Amidst the violent explosions, the British and Indian soldiers defending the fort were awakened. They hurriedly threw out of the barracks. Many of them did not even have time to put on their pants.  Everyone stared dumbly at the coastal defense fort not far away, looking at the coastal defense fort shrouded in gunpowder smoke, but no one dared to go to the coastal defense fort to control the heavy coastal defense artillery to fight back against the Chinese navy.

    "Hell, report it to the general, the Chinese are coming, they are violently attacking our coastal defense batteries!" a British colonel said angrily.  Under such circumstances, they simply did not dare to go to the coastal defense forts. Everyone knew that there would only be one consequence if they went, and that was to be torn into pieces by Chinese shells.  As for the barracks, it is obviously not a safe place anymore. After the Chinese navy destroys the coastal defense forts, they will definitely not let their barracks go.  Therefore, under the leadership of those British officers, everyone fled in confusion.

    Garrisoned on Sagar Island is an infantry division of the 24th Group Army of the British and Indian Army.  After the British-Indian 2nd Army withdrew from Calcutta, the 24th Army was deployed to defend Calcutta.  At the beginning, everyone in the 24th Army thought this was a good job.  It is believed that if the Chinese attack from the west and east of India respectively, they will not attack from other directions. It is undoubtedly the safest to carry out the mission in Calcutta.  But now, they find that disaster has already come to them.

    When the Brigadier General of the 2nd Division of the 245th Army of the 24th Army of the British-Indian Army stationed on Sagar Island learned the news, he was still lying on the bed, with two dark bodies under the snow-white quilt.  The brigadier general couldn't stand his loneliness last night, so he found two Indian women to relieve his boredom.  Although Indian women's skin is a little darker, it's still good to change their tastes occasionally.

    When he was woken up by the division chief of staff, Brigadier General David was angry and was about to scold him, but he learned from the division chief of staff that the Chinese navy was shelling the coastal defense forts.  At this time, all the scoldings could not be uttered.  The brigadier general commander immediately ordered the entire division to prepare for defense, and then reported the news to the army headquarters.  After the order was issued, the brigadier general and the division commander evacuated Sagar Island with the guards. He claimed that he was reporting to the group army headquarters in person because he was actually afraid of being destroyed by the Chinese army.

    It only took the Chinese Navy's fire support ship squadron twenty minutes to destroy all the British and Indian coastal defense batteries. All the forts visible to the naked eye were destroyed, but in order to avoid there being hidden forts, Major General Lei Hua  The battleships "Zhongnan" and "Middle East" were ordered to stay and continue to monitor the garrison on Sagar Island. The other battleships escorted the landing fleet upstream and prepared to land at Diamond Harbor.

    The voyage from Sager Island to Diamond Harbor is about 60 kilometers, and it takes more than 3 hours for a transport ship.  It is expected that the 2nd Marine Division will be able to arrive at Port Diamond around 10 a.m.  Although the British and Indian troops will definitely be ready by then, for the Chinese army, the defense of the British and Indian troops has no influence at all.  The powerful firepower of the fire support ship squadron is enough to clear any landing obstacles for the Marine Corps!

    In fact, this is indeed the case. When the Chinese naval fleet escorted the transport ship into the Hooghly River and began to swim upstream, the headquarters of the 24th Group Army of the British and Indian Army in Calcutta received relevant news.  Lieutenant General Benjamin, the commander of the army group, immediately panicked.

    "Asshole, how could this happen? The 2nd Army just left two days ago, why did the Chinese come here?" Lieutenant General Benjamin Daweiyu originally thought that he could make a lot of money after switching defenses to Calcutta, but he didn't expect it.  , the oil and water are not there yetWhen I arrived, the Chinese were already knocking on my door.

    "General, what should we do now? The latest intelligence is that the Chinese have entered the Hooghly River and started to swim upstream. There are dozens of transport ships in the Chinese fleet, and it is estimated that there will be a lot of landing troops.  The Chinese want to launch a landing operation in Calcutta!" Major General Austin, chief of staff of the 24th Army, said with a frown.

    Originally, the British and Indian troops still had a lot of confidence in defeating China.  However, as several armies were destroyed under the attack of the Chinese army, this has intensified the fear of the Chinese army among the generals of the British and Indian Army.

    "Damn it, let the 241st Army go to Raipur, the 242nd Army go to Verda, the 243rd Army go to Diamond Port, the 245th Army go to Gagadipur, and the 245th Army go to Rocky Gandapur. The remaining 5 corps are stationed  Calcutta, be ready to reinforce the front line at any time! In addition, report the news that the Chinese are about to land in Calcutta to the headquarters and ask for reinforcements. By the way, the 2nd Army has just left for two days, and we ask them to return to Calcutta to support us!"  Lieutenant General Benjamin ordered.

    "Yes, General!" Major General Austin hurriedly went to deliver the order.  Several orders issued by Lieutenant General Benjamin are places where Chinese troops can easily land, and are also areas where the 24th Group Army focuses on defense.  If it can be supported by reinforcements, it may be able to withstand the attack of the Chinese army.  Of course, the prerequisite is that the Chinese army will not invest hundreds of thousands of troops like northwest and eastern India.

    Under the order of Lieutenant General Benjamin, the 24th Group Army of the British and Indian Army began to deploy, and all units also entered preset positions to prepare to resist the attack of the Chinese army.  At the same time, the news that the Chinese army was about to launch a landing operation in Calcutta was also sent directly to General Kitchener.

    "The Chinese are going to launch a landing operation in Calcutta? How is this possible? Where do they get so many troops?" After General Kitchener saw the news and the order, his first reaction was disbelief.  After the war began, although the Chinese army also began a large-scale expansion, it was far less thorough than that of other countries. Up to now, the size of the Chinese army is only around 6 million at most.  The Chinese have invested nearly two million troops in the North American battlefield. In addition, in Central Asia and Siberia, in order to maintain deterrence against Russia, the Chinese Army has deployed more than one million troops.  There are nearly half a million more in the Middle East and the Mediterranean.  There are at least a million people in the mainland.  In this case, if China wants to invade India and Australia at the same time, even if it has a large number of mercenaries, it will not invest too large a force.

    "General, nothing is impossible. The Chinese have a huge population base and a large number of retired soldiers. They can expand the army at any time. If the Chinese are really prepared to quickly resolve the Indian war, they are very likely to send  More troops are entering India to fight!" Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Deverell said.

    "Where is the 2nd Army?" General Kitchener frowned and then said.

    "The 2nd Army has arrived at Nabodwip. If it returns to Calcutta, it can arrive within two days. With the strength of the 24th Army, there should be no problem in resisting the Chinese for two days!" Deverear said  Said the general.

    "What about our battle in the middle and lower reaches of the Ganges? Without the Second Army, we simply don't have enough strength to withstand the Chinese attack!" General Kitchener was in a dilemma.  Originally, he planned to use the 2nd Army as the core, cooperate with several other group armies, and then have a decisive battle with the Chinese Army's Second Group in the middle and lower reaches of the Ganges River.  Now if the 2nd Army is transferred back to Calcutta, it will probably be very difficult to win this battle!

    "This" Lieutenant General Deverell didn't know what to say!  If the Chinese landing in Calcutta was not a large-scale landing operation, but the purpose was just to attract the attention of the British and Indian troops and create opportunities for the Chinese army to defeat the British and Indian troops deployed in the middle and lower reaches of the Ganges, then the British and Indian troops would have been miserable.  .  However, if the Chinese army launches a large-scale landing operation in Calcutta and the 2nd Army is not present, then the fall of Calcutta may be inevitable!

    "In this way, let the 2nd Army stay in Nabodwipur for the time being and wait for the situation to become clear before making next arrangements. Let the 18th Army stationed in Dhanbad go to Calcutta!" General Kitchener adopted a compromise.  Method!
Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report